Official Name: | Willis, Michigan |
Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Willis |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Washtenaw |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Augusta |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1887 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 686 |
Coordinates: | 42.1583°N -83.5586°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
Postal Code: | 48191 |
Area Code: | 734 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1616527 |
Willis is an unincorporated community in Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is located within Augusta Charter Township. As an unincorporated community, Willis has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own but does have its own post office with the 48191 ZIP Code.
Willis sits at an elevation of 686feet above sea level. The community is located about 13miles southeast of Ann Arbor in the southeastern corner of Washtenaw County.[1] It is centered along Willis Road between Potterville Drive to the east and Bunton Road to the west. The community of Whittaker is a few miles to the southwest.
Willis is served by Lincoln Consolidated School District.[2]
The area received its first post office under the name Paint Creek in 1833. The community of Willis was originally known as Potter after early settler Willis L. Potter and developed just to the east of Paint Creek. Willis owes its creation to the building of a Grand Trunk Railway line in 1880. The Paint Creek post office was renamed Newcomb on September 27, 1881 and finally established as Willis on December 15, 1887. The post office name was changed to reflect Potter's first name.[3]
A single railway line runs diagonally through the community and once contained a railroad station known as Willis Station. The line is currently operated by Norfolk Southern Railway but contains no station in the area.[4]
The Willis post office remains in operation and is currently located at 8790 Bunton Road. The post office uses the 48191 ZIP Code, which encompasses most of the eastern portion of Augusta Charter Township and a small portion of London Township to the south in Monroe County.